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Synot International, the Czech Republic’s biggest gambling operator has announced that it will scrap all its sports sponsorships in protest of ‘unfair’ tax hikes on its services. Releasing a statement on Thursday, the licensed operator detailed that it had not been advised on the government’s sudden tax rises to its core product channels. Synot operations will be deeply impacted by …

Ahead of ICE Totally Gaming we spoke to Aiste Garneviciene of Betgames.TV to hear her views on how she prepares for ICE, how it’s just like Christmas and what Betgames.TV has planned for the event. Aiste Garneviciene is COO at BetgamesTV, a developer and supplier of innovative and interactive gaming products for betting operators based in Lithuania. BetgamesTV will be present …

Governance of 32Red Plc has cited strong organic growth combined with the positive impact of its acquisition of online casino brand Roxy Palace as the drivers for its full year record revenues results Issuing the market a FY 2015 trading update, 32Red Plc reported that it gained significant growth on all its top-line metrics. The operator would record 2015 group …

With the outspoken and divisive Donald Trump still leading the Republican candidacy polls ahead of the US Primaries in February, many are taking a keener interest than they ordinarily would in this year’s race for the White House. Despite his lead in the polls, many are refusing to believe Trump will actually become president and betting exchange Matchbook has already …

ICE Totally Gaming is considered by many to be the iGaming industry event of the year, and Nicholas Hill of EveryMatrix couldn’t agree more. Nicholas Hill is Sales and Marketing Director at EveryMatrix, an iGaming software provider which is taking charge of stand N6-310 at ICE. Here he discusses what the firm will be doing at this year’s show and how he …

Fanaments is a real money fantasy sports site from Iceland. Created by the trio of CEO Bragi Ægisson, CPO Arnor Davidsson and CTO Gudmundur Sveinsson, Fanaments enjoys the exclusivity of being the only multi-sports fantasy site in Europe. Launched in August 2015, it has since paid out over €300,000 (£224,348) and enjoyed month to month growth of at least 100%. SBC spoke to CEO …

In this feature SBC profiles Paolo Personeni of Sportradar to discuss his views on ICE Totally Gaming, and sowing the seeds for future business. Paolo is the Managing Director of Managed Trading Services at Sportradar, the company will be present at stand S1-150. How I prepare for ICE Paolo: ICE comes at a bit of a tricky time in the …

With the media frenzy around the Aldo vs McGregor fight and Ronda Rousey’s surprise defeat, 2015 was certainly the highest profile year in the history of UFC. We caught up with Unibet’s Head of Sportsbook Anthony Cousins, to discuss their official betting partnership with UFC, reflect on a record breaking 2015 and look ahead to 2016. _____________ SBC: Anthony, as …

Speaking last weekend to The Daily Telegraph, GVC Holdings CEO Kenneth Alexander detailed his company’s ambitious plans for its +£1 billion takeover of bwin.party Entertainment. Having gained shareholder approval to finalise its leveraged takeover of the Gibraltar based online gambling operator, Alexander stated to The Telegraph that should GVC governance successfully integrate bwin.party services, the new business entity would become …

ICE Totally Gaming takes place between February 2nd to February 4th at London’s ExCeL Centre. As the largest iGaming event in the UK calendar there’s always a lot going on, and plenty of industry figures to talk to.  Here SBC profiles Ian Hunter of MRG Systems to see how they prepare and what he’s excited about ahead of this year’s event. …